Quotes about Disability

Fear is a bigger disability than having no arms and no legs.

Pain is Pain. Broken is Broken. FEAR is the Biggest Disability of all. And will PARALYZE you More Than Being in a Wheelchair.

no man who has a broken foot or hand,

Like a black, velvety cloth set against diamonds, your disability provides a remarkable backdrop that magnifies patience, perseverance, endurance, and an uncomplaining spirit. These Christlike qualities that God longs to cultivate in your life are amplified against your obvious hardships. Your chronic condition is, no doubt, obvious to others—but what God wants to make obvious to others is your perseverance and lack of complaint.

He makes the basic point that it is not so much the disability one suffers from that matters but one's attitude to it. The man who says: I will conquer this illness & live a happy life, is already halfway through to victory.

and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

The poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

Yes, disability is terribly difficult and chronic pain can eat away at your peace of mind.

I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.

I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthesizer that sits on my wheelchair.

A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.

I was lucky to lose my voice at the beginning of the personal computing age.